Yuji hyakutake biography for kids

      Yuji Hyakutake (Hayato-machi, Aira-gun, Kagoshima-ken, Japan) discovered this comet with 25x150 binoculars on 1996 January 30.83 at a position of RA=14h 31.2m, DEC=-24° 55' (2000.0).

This was his second comet discovery in five weeks and the position was less than 4 degrees from the spot where his last comet was discovered! The comet was estimated as magnitude 11.0, and was described as diffuse with a central condensation.

The coma was 2.5 arc minutes across.
      A prediscovery observation was announced on February 10.

Yuji hyakutake biography for kids

K. Takamizawa (Saku, Nagano, Japan) found images of this comet on photographs exposed through his 0.10-m f/4.0 patrol camera on 1996 January 1.84. The magnitude was 13.3 and the coma was 1 arc minute across.

      On February 1 several observers had began to view this comet.

It was described as very diffuse, with magnitude estimates ranging from 8.9 to 11.7. Experienced obs